diff --git a/internal/api/cluster.go b/internal/api/cluster.go
index ed6f3a5..b4250ee 100644
--- a/internal/api/cluster.go
+++ b/internal/api/cluster.go
@@ -27,7 +27,22 @@ type ClusterStatus struct {
 	// component breakdown and, when state=failed, the reconcile error.
 	BundleResult   *BundleResult   `json:"bundleResult"`
 	BundleProgress *BundleProgress `json:"bundleProgress"`
-	FailureReason  string          `json:"failureReason"`
+	// Drift check: forge compares the components it installed against what is
+	// actually running in the vCluster. Nil unless the workspace is an active
+	// platform-bundle one that has had a successful apply.
+	BundleHealth  *BundleHealth `json:"bundleHealth"`
+	FailureReason string        `json:"failureReason"`
+}
+
+// BundleHealth reports whether an `active` workspace still contains the bundle
+// components forge installed into it. A workspace can lose them without forge
+// noticing (provisioning is request-driven, never drift-correcting), which used
+// to surface as a healthy-looking workspace with no apps in it.
+type BundleHealth struct {
+	// "ok" | "degraded" | "unreachable"
+	Status string `json:"status"`
+	// Components from the last successful apply that are no longer running.
+	Missing []string `json:"missing"`
 }
 
 // BundleResult is the { succeeded, failed } breakdown of a bundle apply,
diff --git a/internal/render/status.go b/internal/render/status.go
index be40fa0..68b7f40 100644
--- a/internal/render/status.go
+++ b/internal/render/status.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package render
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/table"
@@ -43,6 +44,15 @@ func Status(w io.Writer, s *api.ClusterStatus) {
 
 	t.AppendRow(table.Row{"deployments", fmt.Sprintf("%d ready", s.DeploymentsReady)})
 
+	if h := s.BundleHealth; h != nil {
+		switch h.Status {
+		case "degraded":
+			t.AppendRow(table.Row{"bundle", Red(fmt.Sprintf("degraded — %d missing", len(h.Missing)))})
+		case "unreachable":
+			t.AppendRow(table.Row{"bundle", Yellow("unreachable")})
+		}
+	}
+
 	if s.Quota != nil {
 		cpu, mem, storage := s.Quota["cpu"], s.Quota["memory"], s.Quota["storage"]
 		t.AppendRow(table.Row{"quota", fmt.Sprintf("%s CPU / %s / %s", cpu, mem, storage)})
@@ -54,6 +64,17 @@ func Status(w io.Writer, s *api.ClusterStatus) {
 		StatusLine(w, StatusWarn, "Workspace", "Paused")
 		DetailLine(w, StatusWarn, "Next push or "+Command("grounds cluster up")+" resumes it.")
 	}
+
+	// The workspace says `active`, but components forge installed are gone. This
+	// is what an emptied vCluster looks like — previously it just showed up as
+	// "0 deployments" and nothing said anything was wrong.
+	if h := s.BundleHealth; h != nil && h.Status == "degraded" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w)
+		StatusLine(w, StatusError, "Workspace", "Bundle components missing")
+		DetailLine(w, StatusError, strings.Join(h.Missing, ", "))
+		DetailLine(w, StatusError, "The workspace is running but its bundle base is gone. "+
+			Command("grounds cluster reset")+" rebuilds it.")
+	}
 }
 
 func fmtUTC(t *time.Time) string {
diff --git a/internal/render/status_test.go b/internal/render/status_test.go
index f8b1ef8..644564d 100644
--- a/internal/render/status_test.go
+++ b/internal/render/status_test.go
@@ -50,3 +50,40 @@ func TestStatus_PausedShowsWarning(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("no warning detail\n%s", out)
 	}
 }
+
+// An emptied vCluster used to render as a perfectly healthy "active, 0 ready"
+// workspace — nothing told the engineer their bundle base was gone.
+func TestStatus_BundleDegraded(t *testing.T) {
+	SetEnabled(true)
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	Status(buf, &api.ClusterStatus{
+		Namespace:        "vcluster-x",
+		State:            "active",
+		Profile:          "platform-bundle",
+		DeploymentsReady: 0,
+		BundleHealth: &api.BundleHealth{
+			Status:  "degraded",
+			Missing: []string{"velocity", "minestom-lobby"},
+		},
+	})
+	out := buf.String()
+	for _, want := range []string{"degraded", "2 missing", "velocity", "minestom-lobby", "grounds cluster reset"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, want) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q\n%s", want, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatus_BundleOkIsQuiet(t *testing.T) {
+	SetEnabled(true)
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	Status(buf, &api.ClusterStatus{
+		Namespace:    "vcluster-x",
+		State:        "active",
+		Profile:      "platform-bundle",
+		BundleHealth: &api.BundleHealth{Status: "ok"},
+	})
+	if out := buf.String(); strings.Contains(out, "degraded") || strings.Contains(out, "reset") {
+		t.Errorf("healthy workspace must not warn:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}